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Free Volleyball Player Evaluation Form
A mid-season report you can hand a parent: volleyball skills rated against the age group, a section for setters, hitters, middles and liberos, and the space that matters most, in words, for what went well, what to work on, and one thing to practice at home.
What a volleyball player evaluation should include
Nine rows in the main table, one table for the position skills, and three open-ended sections at the end.
- The main table. Serving, serve receive, setting, attacking, blocking, digging, awareness, communication and coachability, rated against the age group, with a column for what you saw.
- Position skills. Hand setting, setting on the move and decisions for setters; approach, arm swing and shot selection for hitters; blocking footwork, reading the setter and the quick attack for middles; serve receive, digging and court coverage for liberos. Fill in the rows that match the player's position and leave the rest blank.
- The writing. What went well (the strengths), what to work on (the areas for improvement), and one thing to practice at home.
- The last line. The date you went through it with the player. Worth filling in for the same reason a receipt is.
Effort and coachability are the exception to rating against the age group. They are marked against what you saw from this athlete, because nobody is below average for a ten-year-old at trying hard.
Volleyball player evaluation versus tryout evaluation
The two sheets rate similar skills and do different jobs.
- A tryout evaluation compares players. Several evaluators score the same group in one session, and the average sheets help a club place players or balance teams. The volleyball tryout evaluation form is built for that, and the volleyball tryouts guide covers running the session.
- A player evaluation describes one player. One coach, about halfway through the season, rating a player against the age group rather than teammates, with the writing a family keeps. That is this page. Its scale reads as strengths and focus areas for that reason.
| Tryout evaluation | Player evaluation | |
|---|---|---|
| When | Before the season | About halfway through it |
| Who scores | Several evaluators, independently | Usually one coach |
| Compared with | The rest of the group | What is typical for the age group |
| Used for | Placing players by position and balancing teams | Development and a talk with the family |
| What you hand over | An averaged scorecard | A written report a parent keeps |
A club that holds tryouts can use both: the tryout sheet to place players before the season, and this one halfway through it to say how each of them is doing.
Volleyball comments a parent can act on
The numbers give the page its shape and the sentences are what a family remembers. Vague praise and vague criticism are equally useless, and volleyball has a specific thing to say about almost everything. Compare:
- Serve receive. Not "needs to pass better". Try "passes to the right side when the serve comes to the left. Squaring the platform to the target before contact is the next thing, ten passes at a wall."
- Hitting. Not "needs to hit harder". Try "starts the approach too early, so the swing arrives before the set. Starting the last two steps when the ball leaves the setter's hands is the next thing."
- Serving. Not "needs to serve better". Try "serves in often but always to the same zone. Aiming the toss and the serve at two targets is the next thing."
- Attitude. Not "great attitude". Try "kept calling every ball and talking to the team in the third set, even when we were down by ten."
The last section, one thing to practice at home, is the most useful line on the page and the one most often left blank. In volleyball it is usually easy: a ball, a wall, and ten minutes in a hallway or a yard.
Rate the role, not the height
The position section can do real good, and a careless one does harm. A few rules for the rows the form gives it:
- Rate what the position needs. A setter is rated on hands, decisions and the voice. A hitter is rated on the approach and shot choice. A middle is rated on blocking and the quick attack. A libero is rated on passing and digging.
- A tall player is not a hitter, and a short player is not a libero. Rate the skills, and let the position follow. Players grow at different times, and the position that fits at twelve often changes by fourteen.
- Never rate a hitter on kills alone. Kills depend on the pass and the set that came before. Rate the approach, the contact and the shot choice, and mention the numbers only as context.
- Say what a player can do in another position. A hitter who passes well, or a setter who blocks well, is worth a sentence, because that is what moves them to a bigger role next season.
Other sports, and the general version
This is the volleyball version. The general player evaluation form works for any sport, and the volleyball forms and templates page lists the other 5 volleyball documents.
Playbook Logix provides customizable templates for informational and administrative use. They are not legal advice and will not meet the requirements of every organization, sport or jurisdiction. Review anything you intend to rely on with your own attorney or your insurance carrier, and check your league and state requirements.
Common questions
What should a volleyball player evaluation form include?
Ratings for serving, serve receive, setting, attacking, blocking, digging, awareness, communication and coachability, a short section for the skills of the position the player plays most, and three pieces of writing: what went well, what to work on, and one thing to practice at home. The writing is the part a family keeps.
When should we give out volleyball player evaluations?
About halfway through the schedule. Volleyball seasons are often short, so halfway comes quickly, and a report handed out at the last practice is a report card, accurate and too late. The same page at the midpoint is a plan with matches left to act on it. A club that plays a longer season can give one each half.
Should setters, hitters, middles and liberos be rated differently?
In a section of their own, yes. A setter is judged on hands, decisions and the voice, a hitter on the approach and shot choice, a middle on blocking and the quick attack, a libero on serve receive and digging. Rate the rows that match the position the player plays most, and leave the others blank.
How do I evaluate a player who is not hitting?
On what they do on every rally. Volleyball hides a lot of contribution: the pass that makes the set possible, the dig that keeps the rally alive, the call that avoids a collision. Serve receive, digging, communication and awareness are where those players show up, and the comments are where you say so.
Should I rate players against their teammates?
No. Rate against what is typical for the age group. A ranking inside the team gives a family a list of your own roster, which tells them nothing and does harm if it circulates. The form says on its face which comparison you used.
Do I have to give one to every player?
Yes. Evaluating the hitters and skipping the back row tells the back row where they stand in the coaching staff's attention. Short and honest for everyone beats thorough for the players who score points.
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What Playbook Logix tracks behind a volleyball evaluation
Playbook Logix is registration, rosters, payments, schedules and team messaging for youth and adult sports, in one place. A report is only as good as the season behind it. This is what Playbook Logix keeps so the report is quicker to write.
Attendance behind the report
Mark each player present or absent from your phone at the field, and on the web see every player against every event with an attendance percentage. It is the number a parent is really asking about when they ask about playing time. Free on every plan.
How it worksThe player and the family together
Jersey number, position and the parent's contact details sit on the roster, so the player you are writing about is one click from the adult you are handing the report to.
How it worksReach families without a group text
A team message board for things that need a record, live chat for the quick stuff, and reminders that respect quiet hours, so parents see a schedule change and do not mute the app.
How it worksThe Starter plan is free, and the iPhone and Android app is free on every plan. Anything described above as Coach plan and above needs a paid plan. See the plans or the mobile app. Nothing you type into the template above is sent to us, whether or not you ever sign up.
Keep the whole season in one place
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